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CVE-2023-3212
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2023-06-23T20:15:09.563 · Last modified 2026-06-17T06:13:35.467

Summary

A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel. It occurs on corrupt gfs2 file systems when the evict code tries to reference the journal descriptor structure after it has been freed and set to NULL. A privileged local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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